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10-27-2009, 07:10 PM
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| Zone Head Joined: Jul 2008 From: Klamath Falls, OR I Ride: 07 CBR 600RR | Spies Wild Card at Valencia--Predictions? So Spies will ride as a wild card at the season ending Valencia round After winning the 2006 WSBK title Bayliss also made a wild-card appearance at that season's Valencia MotoGP round - and won the race for Ducati. Anybody have some predictions? I say top 5 |
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10-27-2009, 08:23 PM
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| Endorsed Joined: Sep 2009 From: Vancouver/Brush Prairie, WA I Ride: Yellow Honda 599 (Hornet) | 
 I definitely think he is going to maybe have a possibility of ending up in the top 5!  | |
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10-27-2009, 08:32 PM
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| Zone Head Joined: Mar 2007 From: Seattle, WA Blog Entries: 1 I Ride: BMW K1200GT--- R.I.P., Triumph Scrambler, Ducati 1098S | Yes, and I'm predicting he won't podium 
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10-27-2009, 10:52 PM
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| Endorsed Joined: Apr 2009 From: hellevue, wa I Ride: 2008 Ducati Hypermotard | Podium, but then in a post race inspection he will be disqualified. Turns out, bio-engineered motorcycle racing robots wont be legal in GP racing until 2012. |
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10-28-2009, 05:30 AM
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| MotoGP Champion Joined: Sep 2005 From: Bremerton I Ride: 03 Are See fiddy one, 05 DRZ400SM, 95 FZR1040, 69 Combat Commando Roadster, 73 Commando Interstate, 67 BSA B44, 71 BSA B50 |
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10-28-2009, 01:25 PM
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| Forum Synopsizer Joined: Jul 2006 From: Point Lookout I Ride: 08 KLR650, 06 DRZ400SM, 04 CRF250X, 03 XR50 |
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10-28-2009, 03:22 PM
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| Zone Head Joined: Aug 2007 From: Ellensburg,WA I Ride: street:2007 gixxer 6 track:2006 gsxr 600 |
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10-28-2009, 04:31 PM
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| beansbaxter is too lazy to come up with something but he will get to it, eventually...  |
edit: I read that a second time and completely thought I had it wrong the first time!! haha. Gin, it's what's for dinner!!! Last edited by OOk; 10-28-2009 at 10:22 PM.. | |
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10-28-2009, 07:22 PM
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| Zone Head Joined: Apr 2007 From: Mukilteo, WA I Ride: with a kneedown on my Assault Bike. | So Rossi doesn't even have to race and he still wins the championship, no matter who gets first place, due to points. Right? So why would he push it? My prediction is that Rossi will play it safe. He will finish somewhere top 5. I wouldn't be surprised (IF Spies gets a really good start) that he could be in front of Rossi at some point. But knowing Rossi, he may toy with him, show him a wheel like a cat batting at a mouse? Stoner will take first no doubt, he is on fire. I disagree with the above comment about Lorenzo. That guy wants to finish in front of Rossi... at all costs. Remember, in any race the first person you want to beat is your team mate, lol. So I give Lorenzo a 2nd or 3rd. Edwards will finish 5th-ish as usual. Pedrosa will be a 2nd or 3rd. The real question in my mind is what is going through Ben Spies mind. Last time he was a wild card in GP he finished 7th-ish I think. What will he want to do? Will he go out and hit it hard trying to "prove" something? Or will he take it kinda easy? I am guessing he will be a 4th at best, but no worse than 7th assuming he doesn't have a mechanical or get taken out. I am super curious about what his lap times will be like in practice. Will he continue to use the "Ben Spies Method"...? Valencia DOES look like a Rattle Snake all coiled up ready to strike! Yea, check it out, turns 7, 8 and 9 are the snakes head and turn 1, 2 , 3 make the rattler at the end of the tail. lol http://www.motogp.com/en/circuits/Co...alenciana/2009 Ben is from Texas. Rattle Snakes are from Texas too. Huh. Maybe he will surprise us all...  Last edited by evil_dave; 10-28-2009 at 07:34 PM.. |
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10-28-2009, 07:37 PM
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| Zone Head Joined: Apr 2007 From: Mukilteo, WA I Ride: with a kneedown on my Assault Bike. |
But he has no reason to push it. Just like that last race, didn't you see him go wide at T1? He just needed to finish 3rd to clinch it. So he let the crazy wild eyed spawning salmon fight through the first turn and then turn up the heat, mopping up pass after pass. | |
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10-28-2009, 09:26 PM
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| MotoGP Contender Joined: Apr 2006 From: Gig Harbor Isle I Ride: GSXR750, F4750 |
dont forget he can still add to the podium/win records. (even tho he owns them already, he still has to prove it) | |
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10-29-2009, 10:10 AM
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| Pit Crew Joined: Mar 2008 From: Spokane, WA I Ride: 06 SV650 Street & 02 RC51 Track |
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10-30-2009, 04:34 PM
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| Zone Head Joined: Aug 2007 From: Ellensburg,WA I Ride: street:2007 gixxer 6 track:2006 gsxr 600 |
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10-30-2009, 09:24 PM
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| Newbie Joined: Oct 2009 From: Vancouver, WA | Rossi is a racer to his very core. If there is someone in front him, you can bet it will be a race. I think there will be less pressure on Spies during this coming race weekend than during his wild card rides with Suzuki as he doesn't have anything to prove. He's already got the contract with Tec 3. I think he'll be at the tail end of the lead pack, possibly 3rd at the end of the race. |
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11-02-2009, 07:37 AM
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| Zone Head Joined: Sep 2007 From: 2nd star to the right and straight on 'til morning I Ride: on ice at 15F below zero | Rossi will race to win. If he can win he will, if not he won't. One thing Rossi does have is a very mature attitude towards the competition, (and 9 world championships of confidence) if he can't win, he doesn't over ride the bike and crash out very often. Spies has something to prove. Should be interesting. He is another mature rider that does not over ride the bike and crash very often, He has been tempered in the Mladin forge, so he handles pressure well, but this is a WHOLE NEW BALL GAME. He has to show up and do well to set the tone for his season next year. Moto GP is about as big as it gets... Like the Super Bowl every two weeks. Spies racing at least makes it nominally interesting. |
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11-02-2009, 07:34 PM
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| Pit Crew Joined: Jul 2007 From: Olympia I Ride: K6 GSXR 600 | I wonder what toselands going to do. Seems like he will want to beat spies bad to prove something on the way out. Not that he shount beat spies on a bike he has been riding all year |
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11-02-2009, 07:37 PM
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| WMRRA Qualifier Joined: Dec 2007 From: 92109 I Ride: therefore I am. |
Spies, as much as I don't like to admit it, is on the path to be the fifth in the "Fantastic Four", Toseland however, was not, is not, and never will be. | |
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11-02-2009, 07:40 PM
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| Pit Crew Joined: Jul 2007 From: Olympia I Ride: K6 GSXR 600 | Oh i dont think toseland will do good I'm thinking more along the lines of pushing and wrecking a LOT lol. He has to push it just to get over 10th and spies did that on a POS suzuki. |
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11-08-2009, 01:16 PM
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| Moderator  Joined: Feb 2006 From: Marysville, WA I Ride: Scooty Puff Sr: The Doom-Bringer! |
Spoilers......... Awesome race for Americans in general! Spies placed pretty much right where I thought he would. Considering who was in front of him, it was a phenominal ride on his first time out. | |
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11-08-2009, 05:40 PM
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| Zone Head Joined: Jul 2008 From: Klamath Falls, OR I Ride: 07 CBR 600RR |
 He will be awesome next year....give him a few more races...he will find his rythymEven if its on a Yamaha  | |
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11-08-2009, 05:58 PM
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. He did worse than I had hoped...but still damn good!! | |
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